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Originally Posted by steeljack
Noting that she will be only one missed heartbeat away from the Presidency , I have concerns about her foriegn policy experience , it's well to remember that her first Passport was only issued in 2006 . I don't think having bi-lateral talks with the B.C. provincial Govt. about road paving issues on the Yukon Highway will count for much in the 'Grand Game'
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Hey, those British Columbian's are tough barginners
... think it's something to do with the fact that marijuana is BC's leading cash crop.
Back on track .... spoke to a friend of mine the other day; she is American, Harvard PhD. in sociology. She came to Canada to teach at Queen's, and stayed. What she did point out to me ... and this is something I hadn't considered ... is that there is a very large constituency of right-wing women in the States, and that the choosing of Palin was a very shrewd strategic move on the part of the McCain campaign. I had assumed that women in the US were like those in Canada, where women tend to vote centre, and left of centre rather than for the Conservatives.